Dec. 17, 2011 in News
KHABARI CROSSING, Kuwait (AP) — The last U.S. soldiers rolled out of Iraq across the border to neighboring Kuwait at daybreak Sunday, whooping, fist bumping and hugging each other in …
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Dec. 17, 2011 in Sports
The “E” in Elias Harris has suggested, at various times, both enticing and enigmatic during his stay at Gonzaga. In a 71-60 not-quite-stomping of Arizona in the Battle in Seattle …

Dec. 17, 2011 in City on Page A1
For 10 days each December, Marilee Roloff stands behind the neat stacks of children’s books at the Christmas Bureau, helping to give them away. Like others who stand there, Roloff …

Dec. 17, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1
WASHINGTON – Congressional negotiators reached tentative agreement Friday on a two-month extension of President Barack Obama’s payroll tax cut, and in doing so they potentially cleared the way for approval …
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Dec. 17, 2011 in City on Page A1
It was as if pigs had grown wings and landed on the roof of Spokane City Hall. George McGrath, a conservative, longtime follower and critic of the City Council, approached …
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Dec. 17, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1
SEATTLE – The Seattle Police Department has engaged in a pattern of excessive force that violates federal law and the Constitution, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Friday. The …
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Dec. 17, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A2
WASHINGTON – The Air Force will award a Silver Star posthumously to Francis Gary Powers, the pilot whose spy plane was shot down in 1960 over the Soviet Union in …

Dec. 17, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3
SEOUL, South Korea – The Japanese government declared Friday that the tsunami-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant had ceased to leak substantial amounts of radiation, achieving a condition that suggests …

Dec. 17, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3
WASHINGTON – Two former CEOs at mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on Friday became the highest-profile individuals to be charged in connection with the 2008 financial crisis. In …
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Dec. 17, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration on Friday rolled out a benefits framework for millions of people who will get private insurance through the health care overhaul, but states will decide …
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Dec. 17, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4
WASHINGTON – Republicans in Congress are flipping the dimmer switch on a law that sets new energy-savings standards for light bulbs. They’ve reached a deal to delay until October enforcement …
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Dec. 17, 2011 in Business on Page A6
SAN FRANCISCO – A clerical error landed Kathleen Casey on the streets. Out of work two years, her unemployment benefits exhausted, in danger of losing her apartment, Casey applied for …
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